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| | Preserve America Community: Alpine, Texas |
 | | Preserve America is a White House initiative in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; the U.S. Departments of Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Education; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and the President's Council on Environmental Quality. |
 | | An abundance of water, grass, and firewood made the site of Alpine, Texas (population 6,500), a popular camping spot for prehistoric visitors, explorers, and caravans regularly traveling from Mexico to Missouri as early as 1839. |
 | | Alpine is home to the Museum of the Big Bend, collecting and exhibiting artifacts of the entire region, inhabited by four distinct culturesNative American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-Americanover 11,000 years. |
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